A series of violent blizzards and avalanches have killed at least 24 people in Nepal, many of whom were trekking along the Annapurna circuit. The violent cyclone Hudhud that hit the east coast of ...

Three hundred metres lower, Béghin, abseiling from a Friend reportedly too small for the crack (but all that was available), ripped the anchor and fell to his death, leaving Lafaille to make an ...

Kuntner's death overshadows the successful summits of the Italians Mario Panzeri, Mario Merelli, Daniele Bernasconi, Ed Viesturs from America and Veikka Gustafsson from Finland on 12/05/05. For ...

The team previously acclimatized on Ama Dablam (22,349 feet) before traveling to Annapurna base camp ahead of the official winter climbing season, which began on the winter solstice on Dec.